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Equicapita Launches A New Information Resource for Owners Seeking to Sell

Their Businesses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, ATTENTION INVESTMENT EDITORS August3rd, 2013 - Calgary

Greg Tooth, one of the founding partners of Equicapita, reports "Equicapita isproducing a series of short briefings for business owners considering the sale oftheir business. Each briefing will deal with a common question that vendorsshould consider before, during or after the sale and will be posted on theEquicapita website. We believe that education resources are increasinglyimportant as boomers retire over the next two decades and transfer of ownership

of a large number of small medium businesses/enterprises (SME) via sale orsuccession. Estimates from the Canadian Federation of Independent Businessare that this transfer could exceed $1 trillion making it one of the largest inCanadian history. The full documents can be found Equicapitas new "SMECentre" (www.equicapita.com/presentations-briefings) and are available free andwithout registration. Current areas covered are:

- What is an EBITDA Multiple- Sell Your Business Now or Wait- Capital Expenditures and Business Value- Cashflow Growth and Business Value

- Succession Planning and Business Value- Would Your Business be Worth More if You Were Never There- 6 Critical Factors for Selling Your Business- Preparing Your Business for Sale- Selling Your Business Without a Broker- Real Estate and the Value of Your Business- Working Capital and the Value of Your Business- Your Balance Sheet and the Value of your Business- Benchmarking your Business- Why Most Businesses Never Sell- What is Goodwill

- What Can Be Done to Increase the Value of My Business- 12 Actions to Increase the Value of my Business- Cashflow EBITDA and Other Terms- What are Normalisations to Cashflow"

Equicapita is a Calgary-based private equity fund focusing on acquiring westernCanadian businesses that can generate strong, sustainable cash flow from theiroperations. Equicapita generally seeks to acquire businesses: with a

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demonstrated history of free cash flow greater than $1 million per annum; with adurable competitive advantage; that operate in industries that Equicapita believeshave sound long-term macro prospects; with ongoing participation of seniorpersonnel; with the ability to maintain the cash flow without disproportionateamounts of new capital; where Equicapita can partner with management and

align their interest with Equicapita through tools such as earn-outs, vendor takebacks and management incentive plans; to be held for the long term; where thereis some potential to grow sustainable free cash flow, but where that growth is notessential to generate suitable returns.

Equicapita believes that there are compelling reasons for making private equityinvestment in the Canadian small medium business/enterprise market which isexperiencing one the largest generational transfers of wealth as boomerentrepreneurs retire and sell their businesses. The investment has a number ofkey drivers including:- Generational opportunity to acquire baby boomer SMEs: There is a

demographic opportunity to capitalize on the accelerating turnover of babyboomer owned, western Canadian SMEs. According to CIBC An estimated $1.9trillion in business assets are poised to change hands in five years the biggesttransfer ofCanadian business control on record.- Attractive target market: There is a private equity funding gap in the $2 to $20Mrange is often referred to as the nano gap. This creates an attractive environmentto acquire stable cash flow streams.- Valuations: Current trailing cash flow valuations are artificially low, incorporatingweak 2008-10 operating results post credit crisis.

This news release may contain certain information that is forward looking and, byits nature, such forward-looking information is subject to important risks anduncertainties. The words "anticipate," "expect," "may," "should" "estimate,""project," "outlook," "forecast" or other similar words are used to identify suchforward looking information. Those forward-looking statements herein made byEquicapita, if any, reflect Equicapita's beliefs and assumptions based oninformation available at the time the statements were made. Actual results orevents may differ from those anticipated or predicted in these forward-lookingstatements, and the differences may be material. Factors which could causeactual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include,among other things: risks associated with the ownership and operation ofbusinesses, including fluctuations in interest rates; general economic conditions;supply and demand for businesses; competition for available businesses;changes in legislation and the regulatory environment; and international tradeand global political conditions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue relianceon any forward-looking information contained in this news release (if any), whichis given as of the date it is expressed herein. Equicapita undertakes no obligationto update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a resultof new information, future events or otherwise. For more information go towww.equicapita.com